Poems From "a Shropshire Lad" - Xxi - Bredon Hill [1] Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBD EFGFF HIJII HKEKK LAMAA MMHMM ANJNNIn summertime on Bredon | A |
The bells they sound so clear | B |
Round both the shires they ring them | C |
In steeples far and near | B |
A happy noise to hear | D |
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Here of a Sunday morning | E |
My love and I would lie | F |
And see the coloured counties | G |
And hear the larks so high | F |
About us in the sky | F |
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The bells would ring to call her | H |
In valleys miles away | I |
Come all to church good people | J |
Good people come and pray | I |
But here my love would stay | I |
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And I would turn and answer | H |
Among the springing thyme | K |
Oh peal upon our wedding | E |
And we will hear the chime | K |
And come to church in time | K |
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But when the snows at Christmas | L |
On Bredon top were strown | A |
My love rose up so early | M |
And stole out unbeknown | A |
And went to church alone | A |
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They tolled the one bell only | M |
Groom there was none to see | M |
The mourners followed after | H |
And so to church went she | M |
And would not wait for me | M |
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The bells they sound on Bredon | A |
And still the steeples hum | N |
Come all to church good people | J |
Oh noisy bells be dumb | N |
I hear you I will come | N |
Alfred Edward Housman
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